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This British government is starting to plan for a COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign beginning in the fall after top vaccine advisers said it might be necessary to give third shots to the elderly and most vulnerable.

Yukon is at a pivotal point in the pandemic, testing the limits of its healthcare system, the territory's Health Minister Tracy McPhee said Wednesday during a media update.

Manitoba expects a major boost in its supply of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for the last weeks of July.

Unvaccinated workers returning to the office could be required to continue wearing masks, steer clear of common areas and face a staggered workday — or may even be asked to stay home, experts say.

Health Canada said late on Tuesday it has recommended that people with a history of capillary leak syndrome not be inoculated with drugmaker AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.

Ontario is moving into the next step of its reopening plan on Wednesday and the province's top doctor says he'd prefer to wait a full 21 days before rolling back restrictions further.

As extreme heat warnings remain in place over much of Western Canada and the unprecedented weather moves east, experts warn many Canadians' health could be at risk. Here are some ways to protect yourself.

Police in B.C. say they've responded to more than three dozen sudden deaths since an extreme heat wave took hold in the province with the danger expected to continue in the face of unrelenting heat still in the forecast over the next several days.

The one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical division, Janssen, was heralded as an easy way to fully vaccinate Canadians. But after some problems at a U.S. manufacturing plant and cratering domestic demand for the product, there are now no plans to ship this vaccine to Canada.

A new study suggests Canada has vastly underestimated how many people have died from COVID-19 and says the number could be two times higher than reported.

The Red Cross says Indonesia needs to urgently increase medical care, testing and vaccinations as the number of new infections in the country has rapidly increased and left it "on the edge of a COVID-19 catastrophe."

Mixing doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines generate a stronger immune response than having two rounds of the AstraZeneca shot, new U.K. research suggests, though the highest antibody response was seen in people being fully vaccinated with Pfizer.

Electronic cigarette giant Juul Labs Inc. will pay $40 million to North Carolina and take more action to prevent underage use and sales.

All of Quebec is now at the lowest alert level under the province's COVID-19 response plan as public health restrictions continue to ease.

Medical health officials in British Columbia said those seeking relief from a severe heat wave in the Lower Mainland this weekend should not be denied access to cooling centres over physical distancing or crowding concerns.

Australia's largest city and some surrounding areas entered a two-week COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday in an effort to contain a new outbreak of the delta variant that has grown to 80 cases

The U.S. drug regulator on Friday added a warning to the literature that accompanies Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots to indicate the rare risk of heart inflammation after its use.

First, COVID-19 robbed them of their sense of smell. Then it stole the flavour from their favourite foods. Months later, many are left wondering when — or even if — they'll fully recover.

A few months ago, Julian Uzielli's depression was as bad as it had ever been. His medically-induced psychedelic trip changed everything.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning that if the Delta variant becomes the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Canada, it could lead to a larger than expected resurgence in case numbers this fall.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address Canadians on COVID-19, followed by public health officials.

There are concerns some Albertans may be unnecessarily delaying their second COVID-19 vaccination because they’re reluctant to accept the Moderna vaccine, choosing instead to wait for a shot of the more scarce Pfizer version.

South Africa aims to more than double the rate of daily COVID-19 vaccinations over the next month to more than 200,000 as more Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson shots arrive, health officials said on Friday.

Black women in the U.S. and U.K. have worse maternal and pregnancy health outcomes than white women in those countries. But in Canada those indicators are not measured. That's a problem, according to physicians and patients.

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren't vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — currently down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.

Britain wants to allow people to have holidays abroad again but the government is wary of the risks, a minister said on Thursday ahead of an announcement on whether a narrow list of quarantine-free travel destinations would be expanded.

A COVID-19 outbreak that has spread throughout Yukon can be traced back to one person who attended a party full of people. The territory now has the highest infection rate in Canada, despite also having the highest vaccination rate.

Ontario's retiring chief medical officer of health has defended his tenure during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the complexity of tough issues the government faced were not always clear to detractors and that the province's third wave might have been quashed if not for early hiccups in the world's vaccine rollout.

Ohio, the state that launched the national movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost vaccination rates, planned to conclude its prize program Wednesday — still unable to crack the 50 per cent vaccination threshold.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says reports of people suffering heart inflammation after being vaccinated with an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine are greater than expected and likely linked to the vaccine, but that the benefits of vaccination still outweigh any risks.

After initially leading the nation in vaccination rates, Saskatchewan has fallen to the back of the line when it comes to putting shots in the arms of its residents.

More Ontarians living in designated hot spots for the delta COVID-19 variant are eligible to book earlier second vaccine doses starting today.

Canadians who are offered a different COVID-19 vaccine for their second shot than their first shouldn't hesitate to mix and match, experts say, as supply temporarily shifts from Pfizer-BioNTech to Moderna.

Canadians are still waiting on official guidelines about what they’re allowed to do once they’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Meanwhile, about 20 per cent of Canadians have both doses— and many want to know: What can I do now?

The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as concerns grow about the spread of a new variant that threatens to set the country back in the months ahead.

Turkey is developing a domestic vaccine named "Turkovac" by President Tayyip Erdogan. The vaccine entered into phase three clinical trials on Tuesday and should be available for use by the end of the year.

COVID-19 deaths have surpassed half a million in Brazil. Over the weekend, thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to protest President Jair Bolsonaro’s pandemic response. Today on Front Burner, how will Brazil find its way out of this crisis?

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island on Monday, as the number of new cases reported continued to trend downward nationally.

Fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents will be able to enter Canada and not need to quarantine starting July 5, the federal government announced today.

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday capped the number of spectators at 10,000 for each venue, days after experts said that holding the event without fans was the least-risky option.

Lessons from SARS were ignored in Ontario's COVID-19 pandemic response, health experts say.

Number of deaths far below the more than 11,300 people in West Africa who lost their lives during an outbreak of the disease in 2014-2016.

The most-reported symptoms of COVID-19 are now a headache, sore throat, and runny nose, according to the team behind a U.K. symptom tracking app, and experts believe various factors may be causing the shift to milder, cold-like reactions.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced today that Canada will have enough product on hand by August to fully vaccinate every person eligible for a shot.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today his government is working with the U.S. and other international partners to ensure that AstraZeneca vaccine recipients face few barriers when they travel abroad.

Canada is getting millions of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine ahead of schedule, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, in a boost to the country's inoculation campaign as some provinces prepare for a wider reopening.

Hundreds of Canadians who need a new organ saw their lives jeopardized by the pandemic, as hospitals stopped doing life-saving transplants and experienced organ shortages.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is recommending the provinces stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine in most cases — even as booster shots for people who've already received first doses of the product.

Japan on Thursday announced the easing of a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and six other areas from next week, with new daily cases falling just as the country begins final preparations for the Olympics starting in just over a month.

Toronto General Hospital says its medical surgical intensive care unit is free of patients infected with COVID-19 for the first time since March 26, 2020.